2008/04/28 by K Morawetz, K. Morawetz, S. Gemming +9 · 5 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Biasing #Carbon Nanotubes in Composites #Charge (physics) #Current (fluid) #Diode #Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures #Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes #Thermal #Voltage #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.soft #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/10/103014
published in New Journal of Physics 10(10), 103014 (IOP Publishing)
arxiv created 2008/04/28 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A row of parallel ordered and coupled molecular nanoshafts is shown to develop a shuttling transport of charges at finite temperature. The appearance of a current without applying an external bias voltage is reported as well as a natural diode effect allowing unidirectional charge transport along one field direction while blocking the opposite direction. The zero-bias voltage current appears above a threshold of initial thermal and/or dislocation energy.